she must be driving on soft tires and flooring it from the lights....

along with the purchase of the bolt, we leased a bz4x as well. we seriously seriously considered the PHEV, but we couldnt find a deal that was appealing enough. we ended up with the bz4x for $3k down and $280/m (after taxes and all) from capitol toyota in san jose (the wife prefers shiny new cars). all said and done,…

im in the south bay. also just recently bought a bolt. with the 13% rate increases we just got for Jan from PGE, it’s closer to 45mpg now if I charge at home. not the greatest but beats the 21mpg i was getting.

Of the 139k affected, how many of them are still driving around with that wonderful transmission?

These things are like right at or under 2000lbs.

honestly, the problems are really blown outa proportion by the news. I commute to SF 3 days a week, it’s not the horrible shitshow that the news makes it out to be. It has it’s big city issues, but I’ve worked in a handful of the US top 10 metroplexes, and on the grand scheme of things, it’s actually not that bad.

it’s gotta be some sorta idiot requirement like “can plow into a loading dock nose first at 40mph, and allow the rear frame and A-pillar to survive”

Here.... this repair bill’s for you, Florida Taxpayers!

yeah, im with ya there. at the end of the day, unless they make a huge jump in efficiency, like 20% between combustion and drivetrain, over the previous model year, it just aint happening...

Then they took the W with george, and a few years later they found their Lord, Donald Jesus Trump

if they can punch thru the 30mpg range for a truck they’d be in a really good spot. though based on shape and size i have my doubts.

i can understand the sentiment... Toyota did well with the hybrid systems and all, but starting around 2010 or so I feel like they just stagnated... they may have even gotten worse, I sat in a 2020 corolla (uber picked me up, and admittedly i wasnt in it for long) and the plastic all around was something else. it also…

the ability to make you look cool amongst your instagram followers by revolving your entire personality around owning an overhyped midsize truck.

NP.

yeah. the long block and the way the trans extends under the frame rail means you have to fully drop the subframe to get to it.. definitely a little annoying if youve never done it before. that said, ive pulled enough of these things apart, that I can have the sub dropped and motor out in an hour and a half by myself.…

i have a 98 s70. same seats, and I will say, between shape and material, they are insanely comfortable seats. and they stay super clean.

yeah i think the math is that if you graduated 15+ years ago, and youre driving a piece of shit car that your highschool self would have legitimately driven back then (or you still do), it’s probably a cig car

idk, valhalla felt like a HUGE map. i personally really enjoyed Odyssey. but i think that’s largely the open sea aspect of it.

CARB was originally saying something like 10/150,000 at 80%. IDK if that changed tho. I did see that auto manufacturers were pushing for 8/100,000 at 70%